Stamp display and vending device



June 16, 1936. R R wlLUAMS v 7 2,044,141

STAMP DISPLAY AND VENDING DEVICE Filed OCC. 22, 1934 INVENTOR 20 [1?////&/775

ATTORN E15 Patented June 16, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

The present invention pertains to a novel display device particularlyadapted for philatelical purposes.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a displaydevice embodying means for supporting a stamp catalogue so that accessmay be readily had thereto and a receptacle associated therewith forcontaining the various stamps listed in the catalogue.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a sheetmetal display device embodying an inclined wall formed to receive andsupport a catalogue and including a means for reinforcing the structureand for slidably receiving a drawer for containing the stamps listed inthe catalogue. In connection with the drawer, which is also of sheetmetal construction, means is provided for permitting the same to bemoved slidably to an extended position where the interior thereof isentirely exposed and for providing adequate support for the drawer whileit is in its fully extended position. Means is provided for preventingthe accidental removal of the drawer from the supporting structure,which means may be moved to permit the removal of the drawer when suchan operation is desired.

With the above and other ends in view the invention consists in mattershereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out with referenceto the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken along the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a cross section similar to Fig. 3 with the drawer removed;

Fig. 5 is a cross section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 6 is a cross section taken on line 66 of Fi 2.

Like characters of reference are employed throughout to designatecorresponding parts.

The numeral I designates vertically extending side walls and 2 and 3 thehorizontally extending top and bottom walls respectively of a sheetmetal cabinet. The front end of the cabinet is closed by an inclinedwall 4 having a ledge 5 suitable for supporting a catalogue 6 thereon.Extending parallel to the side walls I are reinforcing metal strips 1,two of such strips being welded to the bottom wall 3 with one adjacentto each longitudinal edge thereof.

The support for the cabinet comprises a pair of strap metal membershaving portions 8 welded or otherwise secured to the metal strips 1respectively, each of the strap metal members having an integralvertically extending portion 9 and a laterally bent part In providing abase. A second strap member H is secured to each of the members 8, eachmember I I being bent to provide a reinforcing web l2 and a base partI3.

In the corners formed by meeting of the walls I and 3 are welded channelmembers [4. A drawer I5 is provided with lengthwise extending flatstrips of metal I6 welded to the sides thereof and the drawer isslidably supported in the cabinet by inserting the strips IS in thechannels M. The strips l6 extend beyond the end of the drawer asindicated at I 1 and the outer ends of the strips are reinforced andheld in spaced apart relation by a transversely extending metallic rodI8.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 3 the rear wall l9 moves in closeproximity to the top wall 2 of the cabinet when the drawer is assembledtherein as above described. In order to prevent accidental removal ofthe drawer from the cabinet a lug 213 is provided on the inner surfaceof the Wall 2, the lug being provided by welding a small block of metalthereto. As indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5 the lug 20 is positionedcentrally of the wall 2 and it projects into the drawer so as to beengaged by the rear wall IQ of the drawer when the latter is extended.In order to permit insertion of the drawer or removal of the same thewall 2 may be flexed so as to elevate the lug 28 to permit the wall l9to pass freely thereunder, such flexing movement being possible due tothe sheet metal construction of the device permitting the desired degreeof flexibility to provide for such a function.

It becomes obvious from the foregoing that the weight of the drawer l5and its contents is supported by the strips 16 in the channels l4 and byextending the strips as at I! and reinforcing them as at I8 they provideadequate support for the drawer when it is moved outwardly of thecabinet to a point where the wall l9 strikes the lug 20.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been shown anddescribed it will be understood that various changes may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim'is:-

1. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a flexiblewall, a drawer slidably received in said cabinet, and a projectingelement on said flexible wall and adapted to be engaged by a wall ofsaid drawer to limit movement thereof, said projecting element being ofa length less than the width of said cabinet whereby it is adapted to bemoved out of the path of said drawer wall by flexing of said flexiblewall.

2. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a flexiblewall, means in said cabinet for reinforcing the same and for slidablysupporting a drawer, a drawer received in said means, and a projectingelement permanently secured to said flexible wall adapted to be engagedby said drawer to limit movement thereof, said projecting element beingspaced from the sides of said cabinet whereby it is adapted to beentirely withdrawn from the path of said drawer by flexing of saidflexible wall.

3. In a device of the character described, a cabinet, channel memberssecured in opposite sides of said cabinet, a drawer, metallic membersrigidly secured to the sides of said drawer and slidably received insaid channel members to slidably support said drawer with respectthereto, said metallic members extending beyond the inner end of saiddrawer, means for holding the extending ends of said metallic members inrigid spaced apart relation, and means for limiting movement of saiddrawer outwardly of said cabinet to retain said extending members insaid channel members when said drawer is in an extended position.

4. In a device of the character described, a cabinet, said cabinethaving a flexible wall, channel members secured in opposite sides ofsaid cabinet, a drawer, metallic members rigidly secured to the sides ofsaid drawer and slidably received in said channel members, said metallicmembers extending rigidly beyond the inner end of said drawer, means forholding the extending ends of said metallic members in spaced apartrelation, a projecting element on said flexible wall adapted to beengaged by said drawer to limit movement thereof, said projectingelement being adapted to be moved out of the path of said drawer byflex- 20 ing of said flexible wall.

ROY R. WILLIAMS.

